Improvement in attaching reels to fishing-rods



T. W. CUMMINGS. I ATTAGHING HEELS T0 FISHING RODS. 7 410443546. Patented July 12, 1864 7%a 768Sses:

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Nrrn STATES .TENT

THOMAS wounnmes'or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO J. LITTLEDALE,

on THE SAME PLACE;

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHING REELS TO FISHING-RODS.

Specification forming paalrdfLet-ters Patent No. 43,546, dated July 12, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS WESLEY GUM- MINGS, of the city, county, and State of New Poles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference 1 being had to the accompanying drawings,

making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a section of a reel attached to a fishing-rod according to my invention, the plane of section beingv at right angles to the reeIshaft, as indicated by the line aw, Fig. 2; Fig. 2,.a detached inverted plan of the reel, with my invention applied to it.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. I

The object of this inventioiris to obtain a means whereby reels may be attached to and detach cd from iishin g rods or poles with greater facility than by the band-fastening now employed.

To this end the invention consists in the employment or useof a springcatch and hook,

arranged and applied substantially as hereinafter described.

A represents a fishing-rod, which may be constructed in the ordinary or any proper manner, and B the plate secured, as usual, to the bottom of the reel-frame. This plate B has a hook, C, at its front end, which projects forward and downward, as sh'own in Fig, 1, and to the back part of said plate B there is attached a pendent eye, D. v

E represents a metal plate, which is fitted in a recess in the butt ofthe fishing-rod, so that the outer surface of said plate will be flush with the butt.

The plate E may be secured to the butt of the rod by means of screws.

At the under side of the plate E, near its back end, there .is a sliding spring-bolt, F, which works in guides at a. The front end of this bolt is beveled at its upper surface, and a spiral spring, I), which is placed upon it, has a tendency to keepthe bolt F thrust forward the extent of its movement, at which point the front beveled end of the bolt is underneath a hole, 0, in the plate E.

The bolt F has a thumb-piece, G, attached to it by a screw, (1, the thumb-piece being at the outeusiderof the plate E, and the screw 61 passing through an oblong slot, e, in the plate. The bolt F is shoved back by pressing back the thumb-piece G.

At the under side of the front'part of the plate E there is a projection, f, through which a curved hole, 9, is made, said hole extending to the top of theplate E. This hole greceives the hook Got the plate B, and the eye D of 'said plate is fitted in the hole cin the plate E, and when pressed down therein (JOIUGS lII contact with the front beveled end of the bolt F and forces said bolt back, and when the eye is'fully pressed down the spring I) of the bolt will force the latter. through the eye.

Thus it will be seen-that the hook G secures the front partof the plate B to the rod, while the bolt F and eye D secure the back part of said plate to the rod.

In order to detach the reel from the rod, all that is required is simply to shove the bolt F back out from the eye '1), by pressing back the thumb-piece G, and -then raising the back part of the plate B and drawing out the hook 0 from the hole 9 in the plate E.

By this simple arrangement the reel may be very readily attached to and. detached from the rod or pole, and at the same time a firm attachment is obtained, and one far preferable to the ordinary band which slides on the front ends of the plate B. These bands frequently stick on account of the swelling of the rod or pole from moisture, which causes considerable trouble in detaching the'reel from the rod or pole and in attaching it thereto.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentj The attaching of reels to fishing rods or poles by means of a bolt. and a hook or its equivalent, substantially'as herein shown and described.

THOMAS W. CUMMINGS. Witnesses M. M. LIVINGSTON, G. L. TOPLIFF. 

